If you can't believe that fish evolved from monkeys, can you believe that monkeys evolved from fish?

It is not a matter of belief. It is a conclusion based on the evidence.

The evidence shows that there was life in the seas before any life on land. The evidence shows that there is some common fish ancestor(s) that made a transition to land. All amphibians and mammals are descended from those earlier critters.

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You can only see evolution going one way...ie from a fish to a monkey.

That is because that is what the evidence shows. There were critters in the seas before there were any land critters.

It really is that simple.

Big_Al35 writes:

Now if you suggested that a complex creature could evolve into a simpler creature where its very survival depended on it I might understand this.

And guess what. There are examples of critters becoming less complex as they evolve. Hell, even in humans you can see that. All of us Primates are becoming less complex, losing our tails as one obvious example.

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Now as we get to more detailed classification can there be more mistakes? Certainly.

One such example is being discussed right now. Are Torosaurus and Triceratops actually the same critter but seen at different life stages? Right now the question remains undecided but the evidence is pointing towards the two being the same species.

BUT... we can say the following with a very high degree of confidence.

Classification of Fossil Critters

Name

Torosaurus

Triceratops

Kingdom

Animalia

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Reptilia

Superorder

Dinosauria

Dinosauria

Order

Ornithis chia

Ornithischia

Infraorder

Ceratopsia

Ceratopsia

Family

Ceratopsidae

Ceratopsidae

Subfamily

Ceratopsinae

Ceratopsinae

Genus

Torosaurus

Triceratops?

Note, that it is ONLY when we get to Genus and species that there is a question.

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